Page 5 - Jaimini Bhagwati

Jaimini Bhagwati: The business of banking

The probability of industrial houses interfering in banks could be reduced by restricting banking licences to companies with diversified ownership

Jaimini Bhagwati: Spinning wheels of financial regulation

Regulation to reduce systemic risks in financial markets still has a long way to go

Jaimini Bhagwati: A North Atlantic monetary fund?

The process of selecting the next IMF managing director should transcend North Atlantic considerations

Jaimini Bhagwati: Rationalising FDI taxes

The goal should be to make it immaterial whether investment is made via Mauritius or G20 countries

Jaimini Bhagwati: Deregulating savings rates

The benefits of deregulating the savings bank deposit rates outweigh the costs

Jaimini Bhagwati: Current account imbalances

India should promote FDI in real sectors, moderating access to relatively volatile portfolio inflows

Jaimini Bhagwati: Keep it less taxing, please

A simplified tax code could bring all-round benefits to the economy

Jaimini Bhagwati: Ownership and Governance of MIIs

Implementing the Jalan Committee recommendations is a risk worth taking

Jaimini Bhagwati: How unaccountable are central banks?

They have made errors, too. Allow independent auditing of central bank decisions

Jaimini Bhagwati: At the crossroads again

It's time India made a concerted effort to implement the next round of reforms

Jaimini Bhagwati: Coupling, decoupling and recoupling

The Indian economy is still hitched to developed countries, though the extent varies by asset class

Jaimini Bhagwati: The blame game

The only remedy is to have a wider cross-section of well-meaning, educated Indians enter electoral politics

Jaimini Bhagwati: Picking up the slack

Instead of spending time on polemics over policy, India should make infrastructure projects top priority

Jaimini Bhagwati: Entitlements come with accountability

States, both in Europe and India, have to tell their well-off beneficiaries that the good times are over

Jaimini Bhagwati: Regulatory autonomy, not autarchy

Unaccountable regulators are failing everywhere. India should re-examine its priorities in financial sector regulation

Jaimini Bhagwati: The opportunity cost of no BRICS bank

A BRICS development bank would save member governments a great deal of money

Jaimini Bhagwati: The erosion of India's consensus-building

The nostalgia for a lost golden age of probity and honesty diagnoses the problem incorrectly

Jaimini Bhagwati: Compromise - or collusion?

India must learn from the missteps made by financial regulators in the US and UK

Jaimini Bhagwati: Stocks versus bonds

A balanced portfolio of stocks can give higher return compared to short-term, risk-free benchmarks

Jaimini Bhagwati: Indian PSBs - pitfalls ahead

Self-sufficiency in terms of capital adequacy is critical to improving performance